Emilio Greco
Emilio Greco (born October 11, 1913 in Catania , † April 5, 1995 in Rome ) was an Italian sculptor, medalist , graphic artist and draftsman.
Life
Emilio Greco grew up in Sicily . In 1934 he was accepted into the Accademia di Belle Arti in Palermo . The first artistic work was interrupted by the Second World War, during which Greco was repeatedly drafted into the army. In 1947 he got a studio in the Villa Massimo in Rome . From 1955 to 1967 he taught sculpture at the Art Academy in Naples. In Orvieto and in his native city of Catania there are museums dedicated to him.
Exhibitions (selection)
- 1950: XXIV Biennale di Venezia
- 1950: "Contemporary Italian Art", Munich
- 1956: XXVIII Biennale di Venezia
- 1958: Palazzo Barberini , Rome
- 1959: Städtische Galerie , Munich
- 1959: Karl Ernst Osthaus Museum, Hagen (June 6, 1959 - July 5, 1959)
- 1960: "The sculptor Emilio Greco sculpture and drawings", Künstlerhaus Vienna
- 1970: Palazzo dei Diamanti , Ferrara
- 1980: Palazzo Soliano, Orvieto
- 1987: "Emilio Greco Sculture 1948-79", Palazzo Nervi, Turin
- 2005: "Emilio Greco Scultore", Palazzo Venezia, Rome
Works (selection)
In Collodi (near Pescia) there is the sculpture of the world-famous Pinocchio, the Greco in the birthplace of the mother of the writer Carlo Collodi , nee. than Carlo Lorenzini created.
The great bather no.1 (1956) in Marl
The great bather No. 3 (1957) in the sculpture park at the Kröller-Müller Museum , Otterlo / NL
Pinocchio in the Parco di Pinocchio, Collodi
literature
- Sculptures and drawings , afterword by Daniele Grassi, Piper, Munich 1959
- Bernhard Degenhart : The sculptor Emilio Greco , Kupferberg, Berlin 1960
Web links
- Literature by and about Emilio Greco in the catalog of the German National Library
- Archivio Emilio Greco (Italian)
Individual evidence
- ^ Emilio Greco Italian sculptor. Encyclopædia Britannica, accessed November 11, 2015 .
- ^ Jobst C. Knigge: Italian artists in the Deutsche Akademie Villa Massimo in Rome 1947-1957 , Humboldt University Berlin 2018 (open access)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Greco, Emilio |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian sculptor, graphic artist and draftsman |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 11, 1913 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Catania |
DATE OF DEATH | April 5, 1995 |
Place of death | Rome |